Apparatus for making wigs and false fringes.



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APPARATUS FOR MAKING WIGS AND FALSE FRINGES.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 28, 1910. Patented Feb. 13,1912.

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ALBERT ETIENNE, OF ST.-BENOIT-SUR-LOIRE, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR T0 RAOUL LORY, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING WIGS .AND FALSE FRINGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Application filed February 28, 1910. Serial No. 546,527.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT ETIENNE, a citizen of the French Republic, and resident of St.-Benoit-sur-Loire, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Making WVigs and False Fringes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved apparatus for making wigs and fringes of hair of the type in which two branches of a wire tender between movable hooks and a fixed hook are wound one around the other to fix the bundles of hair between them.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 shows the pincers open. Fig. 3 represents the pincers in closed position. Fig. a is a side view of the pincers. Fig. 5 shows in side elevation the cam-lever pressed down. Fig. 6 shows said cam lever in lifted position.

My improved apparatus consists of a supporting frame 7) in which a shaft a is revolubly mounted. Atoothed wheel 0 is keyed upon shaft a and engages (Fig. 1) with two pinions e, e mounted upon a vertical support (Z fixed upon the axle or shaft a. This shaft is driven by means of the hand wheel f. Two threaded tubes 9, g are fixed each upon one of the pinions e, Ea. Upon said threaded tubes the nuts 71 are mounted which are composed each of two parts hingedly connected by means of a hinge 70 and closed by a loop Z. The upper part of the nut carries an eye to which an end of the wire 25 is attached. The other part of the apparatus is composed of an upright support with a bearing p in which a horizontal sleeve 0 is mounted. In this sleeve 0 a shaft m is located which has an open hook n at its front end. The sleeve 0 and shaft m are secured against rotation. In the rear end of said shaft m a cotter g is inserted destined to serve as abutment for one end of a spiral spring 1 whose other end abuts against the support p. A cam lever s is arranged at the end of said shaft 1% so that its cam can act upon said shaft. A wire t, t is fitted at the middle to the-hook n and with their ends each to one of the eye This apparatus operates as follows After the nuts 2' have been mounted upon the ends of the corresponding screw spindles 9 they are locked by means of the hoops Z.

One end of the wire t is attached to the eye j of the upper nut and the other end to the eye of the lower nut. The middle of the wire is placed on the hook it after the shaft m has been pushed forward owing to the cam lever 8 being lifted. lVhen the cam lever s is released the spring 1" pulls the shaft m back and the wire 25 is uniformly tensioned and holds the nuts 6. If the hand wheel f is being turned, the screw spindles g are turned in the vertical plane through the intermediary of the vertical support cl, the bevel wheel 6 rolls simultaneously upon the fixed cog wheel 6 so that the screw spindles g revolve in opposite directions around their own axes. As the nuts 2' cannot participate in the revolution of their screw spindles they move toward the shaft a, the two parts of the'wire I? being wound at the same time the one around the other. The pitch of the threads of the screw spindles g and the bevel wheels are calculated so that the nuts approach one another uniformly, the angle formed by the two parts of the wire t remaining always the same. The parts of wire 2? therefore will wind the one around the other for a determined length ateach revolution of the hand wheel f. If a bushel of hair brushed on comb o, is placed between the two parts of a wire 6, the bushel of hair will be clamped in at the next revolution of the hand wheel f. The interval between two consecutive bushels of hair can be regulated by the revolutions of the hand wheel.

A comb o is arranged between the two parts of the apparatus by means of which the hair is combed.

This improved apparatus is extremely simple and the work is done absolutely mechanically and with great exactness and accuracy.

I claim:

In an improved apparatus for making wigs and false fringes the combination of two fixed uprights having bearings at their upper ends, with a shaft revolubly mounted in one of said bearings, a hand wheel for revolving said shaft, a bevel wheel fixed to said bearings, a support keyed upon said shaft, bevel wheels engaging with the fixed bevel-wheel, mounted upon the ends of said support, screw spindles fixed up on said bevelwheels, a nut upon each of said screw spindles carrying an eye each nut being com posed of two parts, and a tube fixed in the bearing of the other upright, an axle IDOV- ably mounted in said tube, a hook fixed in the front end of said mile, a cotter in the rear end of said axle and a spiral spring inserted between said cotter and said bearing, a cam lever behind the rear end 01": said axle for pushing the same forward in compressing said spiral spring, and a wire fixed with one end to the eye of the upper nut guided at the middle by said hook of the movable axle and fixed with its other end to the eye of the lower nut; substantially as described and illustrated and for the purpose set forth. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses. 1E

ALBERT ETIENNE.

lVitnesses HENRI BonTToHER, H. C. CoXE.

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